Staging Concepts and its sister company SC Railing Company are the first tenants at the Opus Group's 169 Business Center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Together, Staging Concepts and SC Railing Company will occupy 65,000 square feet of the 145,800-square-foot development.

Burnsville, Minnesota-based Kraus-Anderson Insurance has promoted Clay Shelton to assistant vice president of risk management. Shelton has served as the agency’s director of risk management since 2007, where he has overseen the development of specialized claims management and loss prevention services.

RJM Construction is moving along on converting the former Macy's store in downtown St. Paul into Treasure Island Center. The resulting 540,000-square-foot building will include a mix of new office and retail tenants topped by an 1,100-seat hockey practice facility.

The Opus Group has completed the third phase of development at Valley Park Business Center in Shakopee, Minnesota. Additionally, Minnesota-based Fountain Industries will be the first tenant, leasing about 48,000 square feet of the 122,400-square-foot development.

Minneapolis’ Dougherty Mortgage has been busy, fielding plenty of financing requests from investors who want to acquire and developers who want to build apartment complexes in the markets this commercial lender serves.